End is urged to duty on flat screens

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US Flat-panel display manufacturer OIS Optical Imaging Systems Inc asks the US Commerce Dept to cease charging import duties on the display screens. The department imposed the 62.67-percent duty because Japanese companies were charging unfairly low prices for the screens, but many US companies have objected because US manufacturers could not meet their needs, and OIS has become stable enough to survive without the tariff. OIS was unprofitable, losing $5.7 million on sales of $5.8 million in twelve months ending Jun 30, 1992. OIS has since signed contracts to develop screens for the F-22 fighter plane and the space shuttle. OIS also sold 28.5 percent of its stock to Guardian Industries, which replaced the company's management. The Commerce Dept usually removes duties when producers in an industry ask it to, but companies currently making prototypes for the displays may ask it to keep the duty.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Political activity, International trade, Computer peripherals industry, Electroluminescent displays, Flat panel displays, United States. Department of Commerce, Electroluminescent display systems, Tariff, Flat Panel Display, OIS Optical Imaging Systems Inc., OVON

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Experts say it is easy to pick up conversations on cellular phones

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Experts compare cellular telephones to citizen's band radios, noting that cellular systems are easy to tap. Lack of privacy on a cellular telephone call causes one expert - Theodore S. Rappaport of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - to warn against talking about money or about personal matters on such a system, and at least one major political dispute - involving Sen Charles S. Robb (D-VA) and Gov L. Douglas Wilder - has erupted because of a tape recording of a conversation by Wilder, which he had via a cellular phone. It is easy to eavesdrop on a cellular call using a 'scanner,' and the cellular industry has pressured the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ban the devices. A new generation of cellular telephones, to be introduced over the next several years, will use compression techniques that will make interception more difficult.

Social aspects, Safety and security measures, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Privacy, Wireless LANs, Telecommunications systems, Electronic surveillance, Wiretapping, Telephone systems, Telephone System, Future Technologies, Cellular Radio, Wireless Network

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Suddenly Sparkling

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China has become a major player in the diamond polishing and cutting industries, competing with India for the finishing of stones under one carat.

China, Production data, Sales & consumption, India, Gem Diamonds, All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining, Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals, Jewelers' materials & lapidary work, Industry Overview, International aspects, Diamond industry, Diamond cutting, Industry sales and revenue

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